California leading the way with solar

[Ruth4Truth]

This shouldn't be a surprise to anyone who's followed the development of rooftop solar around the US and other countries. There was such a boom for it in Arizona, that AZ's utility couldn't afford it, so they shut down the very successful movement. In Germany, the proliferation of alternative energy sources also threatened the viability of the old electrical utilities, but the German gov't has solid enough tax revenues, that they were able to provide support for the utilities. They worked something out in the end.

All of this is old news by now. It makes you wonder what the CA legislators do with their time, if they're not researching these trends and their potential downsides, to head problems off before they begin. This was completely foreseeable.

And while we're discussing this, what's the news on the grid-improvement front? Are PG&E and other electricity providers moving forward with a plan to upgrade the grid, put parts of it underground, etc.? IS there a plan? Hasn't Sacramento required them to submit a plan and start moving forward on it by now? Or are shut-offs the new normal forever into the future?

[Axxlrod]

I'd love to know why the power provider for San Diego, SDGE, is allowed to charge double what the PGE and Edison charge their customers.

It doesn't cost more to generate electricity in San Diego than it does in the rest of the state.

Seems the residents of San Diego are getting fleeced with the blessing of the state utility commission.